Amir Abdullah

Amir Abdullah (born 1960) was an Iraqi entrepreneur who later became a rebel leader in the March Uprisings of 1991.

Biography
Amir Abdullah was born in 1960 to a family of Shi'ite Muslim Arabs. Abdullah was an entrepreneur, running several cafes in Baghdad after graduating from Bowling Green State University in Kentucky, United States. However, the US Air Force destroyed his cafes in the bombing of Baghdad in the Gulf War. In March 1991 he became a leader of the Shi'ite uprising against Saddam Hussein at the behest of George H.W. Bush, but he was captured and held in Karbala. He was rescued by a squad of Americans led by Major Archie Gates, but his wife was killed by Iraqi Republican Guard troops when she begged for the Americans to stay. The Americans killed the Iraqi troops and picked up Abdullah and other Iraqi refugees; Abdullah promised to help them locate their captured friend Troy Barlow in exchange for helping them to the border with Iran and a share of the stolen gold bullion that the Americans were searching for. The Americans and rebels rescued Barlow, and in exchange they helped for the refugees to reach the border, with Abdullah heading to a refugee camp there.